Year | Description |
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1935 | Earliest Departmental record found; Winthrop Wells Chair of Department of Education and Psychology; Philosophy was also taught |
1945 | Responsibility for teaching philosophy transferred from Education and Psychology Department to new non-departmental Philosophy unit |
1947 | Education and Psychology Department split into two distinct, separate departments; Claude C. Neet named Chair of Psychology |
1947 | Psychology Department moved from basement of Stockbridge Hall to Liberal Arts Annex expanding the available space for laboratories |
1948 | Structure changed from Massachusetts State College to University of Massachusetts |
1953 | PhD Program in Psychology approved |
1960 | Psychology Department moved to Bartlett Hall (plus space in Middlesex and Berkshire), enabling growth of the undergraduate and graduate teaching program and improving research laboratories |
1963 | Psychological Services Center established as Child Guidance Center (in 1968 it expanded into a comprehensive services center) |
1967 | Mortimer Appley replaces Claude Neet as Department Head; dramatic expansion of Department begins |
1972 | Psychology Department moved to Tobin Hall |
1973 | Fire possibly caused by computer electrical short damaged parts of the 5th and 4th floors of Tobin Hall; repair required 50% of Tobin equipment/furnishings funds |
1973 | NSF Departmental Development Grant awarded; permitted hiring of 15 faculty, provided substantial material support |
1978 | Earliest version of Policies & Procedures found; brief form called "Directions" |
1979 | Divisional structure created: D1 Biopsychology, D2 Cognitive Developmental Educational, D3 Pesonality Social, D4 Clinical |
1980 | Course load reduced from 4 to 3 courses per year (conditional upon research involvement) |
1981 | Division 2 Training grant received |
1985 | Psycholinguistic Training Grant received |
1995 | Department ranked as #27 of 190 departments surveyed by the National Research Council |
1995 | Tobin Hall computer network installed by Tel Com (using existing phone wiring) |
1996 | Departmental server, e-mail services, etc. created |
1997 | Center for Neuroendocrine Studies established by now Professor Emeritus Jeffrey Blaustein |
1997 | Creation of first Departmental web page (courtesy of UMass OIT) |
1999 | Undergraduate specialization in Developmental Disabilities and Human Services (DDHS) offered |
2003 | Center for Research on Families established (expansion of 1970's Center for the Family, endowed in 1996) |
2004 | The Psychology of Peace and Violence Program was launched by a private endowment and matching support through the University of Massachusetts |
2004 | Initiative in Cognitive Science begins |
2008 | Endowed chair in the Rudd Adoption Research Program established |
2008 | Tobin Hall 4th and 5th floor offices attached more solidly to the building |
2010 | Department moved to College of Natural Sciences |
2013 | Developmental Science Initiative established |
2014 | Name changed from Psychology Department to Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences |
2014 | The Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) established, combining expertise from 250 faculty members associated with 7 schools and colleges and 29 departments |
2014 | IALS receives Siemens 3T Skyra MRI/MRS Scanner, part of the Human Magnetic Resonance Center in Life Science Laboratories |
2016 | Keith Rayner Memorial Graduate Student Research Fund established |
2016 | Healthy Development Initiative established |